Thopeutis

Thopeutis
Thopeutis galleriellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Haimbachiini
Genus: Thopeutis
Hübner, 1818[1]
Synonyms
  • Cephis Ragonot in Staudinger, 1892
  • Hombergia de Joannis, 1910
  • Stenochilo Hampson, 1896
  • Tetrachila Hübner, 1808
  • Topeutis Hübner, 1825

Thopeutis is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae, tribe Haimbachiini. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-10.